B. F. Conaway photographs of California
Scope and Contents
Collection includes nine gelatin silver and two platinum photographs of locations throughout California taken by B.F. Conaway. Images include Redondo Beach, Sacramento Town Hall, Del Monte resort in Monterey, San Jose City Hall, Lake Tahoe, Cucamonga, San Francisco, and Sacramento. Materials dated between the 1880s and the 1910s.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1880-1919
Creator
- Conaway, B. F. (Benjamin F.), 1848-1935 (photographer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
B. F. Conaway was born Benjamin Franklin Conaway on September 20, 1848, in Clay, Indiana to Hale Columbus Conway and Corilla A. Condon Conaway. He married Anna M. Miller on December 25, 1869, in Iowa. He purchased the Exelsior Photo Gallery in Santa Ana, California in 1887, and soon hired a teen assistant named Lou Hickox. In 1894, he sold the studio to Lou and moved to San Bernardino, where he opened another gallery. B. F. Conway died on July 30, 1935, in Los Angeles, California.
Extent
1 folder (0.05 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Materials were separated from MSS P 167, H.H. Tammen Company photographs and postcards.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
General
Note on old folder: transferred from the H.H. Tammen Curio Co. Collection MSS P-167.
Processing Information
Processed; Jamie Wiser; June 2022. Updated finding aid for DACS compliance and accuracy. Rehoused photographs to plastic sleeves for preservation.
Genre / Form
Geographic
- California -- Photographs
- Monterey (Calif.) -- Photographs
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Photographs
Topical
- Title
- Register of B.F. Conaway photographs of California
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Lucas J. Chehda
- Date
- 2012 March 01
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States